Vehicle.



No. 891,467. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908.

J. H. DIEL.

VEHICLE. AfPLIOATION FILED FEB.18,1907.

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JOSEPH H. DIEL, OF STOCKTON, CALIFQRNIA.

VEHICLE Specification of Letters Patent.

iatented. June 23, 1908.

Application filed February 18, 1907. Serial No. 357,829.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, JosEPirH. DIEL, a citizen of the United 'States,residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin, State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicles; andI dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it' hilly country and on rough, muddy or sandy roadswithout the incidental break downs, delays and general inconvenienceswhich are frequently experienced.

These objects I accomplish by the general arrangement and constructionof parts hereinafter fully set forth in the following specification andclaims, and particularly by applying powerto the front axle of themachine in such manner as will appear.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views, in whichr 'Figure 1' is a side elevation ofmy improved vehicle, and Fig. 12 is a fragmentary view of awheel bearingand steering knuckle.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designatesthe body of the vehicle. Said vehicle is provided with a front wheelhearing which is constructed as follows: In Fig. 2 is shown one of thecoupling mechanisms between the forward axle and the forwardbearingwheels, but as the mechanisms at eaclrend of the axle are precisely thesame, one of these mechanisms only is shown. The axle 2 is provided atits ends with yokes 2, while the wheels 6 are provided with hubs 7having stub axles 8 extending inwardly therefrom provided with a stopcollar 10 removably secured thereto having anintegral yoke 5 mountedthereon and movably coupled therewith by a block 5 havingpins 5 and 2the pins 5" forming pivotal connections withthe yoke 5 and the pins 2forming pivotal connections with the ling as sho'wn.

.yoke 2. The stub axles" 8 and the main axle" 2 are thus connectedby auniversal con Between the hub 7 of t e wheels 6 and the stubaxles 8 anannular bearing is formed in which sleeves 4 are mounted for rotation,the sleeves'having arms t rojecting therefrom. Mountedupon the ax e 2are intermediate axles 20. upon .which are mounted collars 3 and securedthereto as by pins 3, and extending from the collars are arms 3 adaptedto be pivotally connected to the armstby pins 3". "Sur rounding the stubaxle ,8 between the, yoke 5 and the inner'end of the sleeve 4* is a stopcollar 10 secured to the stub axle by pin 9. This arrangement justdescribed is extremely advantageous in that' it provides wheels formedas direct parts of the driving-shaft, said wheels having double bearingsurfaces by reason of the stub axles 8 bearing Within the sleeves 4 andthe hubs proper of which the said members 8 are a part, bearin on theoutside of said sleeves. Thus it wi 1 be.

seen, that I have produced an admirable wheel bearing and steeringknuckle com bined, which. forms a double bearin surface for the wheeland yet has the whee formed as a part of the driving axle.

The above descript'on sets forth the main details of construction of myimproved vehicle while the following claims define the actual scopethereof. However, in practice, this detailed construction will probablybe somewhat departed from but said departure willnot amount to' adeparture from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful anddesire "to secure by Letters Patent is:

. 1. A wheel hub provided with a stub axle extending therefrom andhaving a'stop-collar keyed thereto, provided with an integral yoke andwith an annular bearing recess between the body of the hub and saidstubaxle,

a driving axle havinga yoke, couplingmeans,

'b'etween said vokes, a sleeve within the bearing recess of the hub andprovided with spaced arms, and an uitern'iediate axle carried by saiddriving axleand having a collar keyed thereto provided with spaced armsand pivotally connected to the arms of said sleeve. I

2. A wheel hub" provided with a stub axle extending inwardly therefromand provided with a stop-collarhaviug an integral yoke, on

the end thereof, a block positioned within said yokes and provided withoppositely arranged pins forming pivotal connections between said yokes,an annular bearing recess between the body of the hub and said stubaxle, a sleeve within the bearing recess of the hub and provided with saced arms, said sto -collar-being detachab y-sccured to said stu axleand bearing afiainst said sleeve, an

intermediate axle cariie by said driving axle and-a collar keyed to saidintermediate axle,

I said collar provided with spaced arms pivotally connected to the. armsof said sleeve substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PERCY S. WEBSTER, FRANK H. CARTER.

